Sentence Types

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Sentence Types

• Sentence Structure

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Simple Sentences

• Simple sentences have just one clause.
• They may have additional phrases.
• Example
• I went to the park to eat a hamburger.
• Kyle, Keith, and Doug, my best friend from
  middle school, went to the playhouse and watched
  Shakespeares Hamlet.

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.
• For
• And
• Nor
• But
• Or
• Yet
• So

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Compound Sentence

• Two or more clauses joined with a coordinating
  conjunction.
• Using commas between clauses is optional.
• Example
• I went home so I could get some sleep.
• Doug did his math work but he got some wrong, yet
  he didnt mind.

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• Most common subordinators

After Now that When
Although Once Whenever
As Since Where
Because That Wherever
Before Though While
Even if Unless
If Until
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Complex Sentences

• Two or more clauses joined with a subordinating
  conjunction.
• If you begin a sentence with a subordinating
  conjunction, there MUST be a comma after the
  first clause.
• Unless you want trouble, you should stop.
• You should stop because Im getting mad.

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Compound-Complex Sentences

• Has an independent clause and at least two
  dependent clauses, one of which is joined with a
  coordinating conjunction and one with a
  subordinating conjunction.
• Examples
• Because I paid attention, I got an A on the test
  and I was so happy.
• I went home because it was getting late, but I
  had to wait on the porch until my mom got home
  anyway.

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Practice

1. Read and analyze each sentence.
2. Determine whether the sentence is simple,
   compound, complex, or compound-complex.
3. Write your answer.

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• The weather has been nice but it may snow again
  any day.

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2

• Ever since the big blowout, she and I havent
  gotten along.

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3

• Dad brought candy because he felt bad.

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4

• If you want to go on the trip, you should bring
  your signed permission slip and Ill collect it
  before we go.

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• I left before the fight started.

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• Candy rots your teeth and TV makes you lazy, but
  I still like them.

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• He will call your home unless you are passing.